一 | Ulf Kristersson, the leader of Sweden's largest opposition party, the Moderates, has accused the government of scapegoating and blaming the dour economic situation on the conflict in Ukraine.,“It was not Putin who formed the government with the Green Party. It was not Putin who raised 46 taxes in eight years”, Kristersson said in his speech on the island of Gotland, as quoted by the newspaper Aftonbladet.,Among others, Kristersson promised a “stop in tax increases” if his liberal-conservative party, currently polling at some 20 percent of the vote, wins the next election.,“I will not just say no to all the left-wing cartel's tax increases. Ahead of the next term, we are going to the polls on a tax increase stop. No new taxes may be introduced, and the overall tax burden should not increase until we are sure that all the taxes we already pay go to exactly the things they are supposed to go to”, Kristersson said.,In recent months, Sweden has been plagued by soaring prices for food, electricity, fuel and other staples. In May, headline inflation hit 7.2 percent, a new multi-decade high and the highest level since December 1991.,To offset inflation and prevent it from becoming entrenched, Sweden’s Central Bank raised a key interest rate by half a percent last week.,The Central Bank, too, blamed the “imbalances” on the conflict in Ukraine and pandemic-related restrictions in China.,“The high rate of inflation in Sweden and abroad is affecting households and is undermining purchasing power,” it said. “Central banks around the world are now tightening monetary policy to cool down economic activity and bring inflation down”.,Inflation in Sweden Hits Highest Rate in Over 30 Years16 June, 05:32 GMT,In late June, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson stressed that the government won't “pour money on the flames of inflation” through general consumption stimuli, as it would only fuel further price rises. Instead, Andersson voiced plans to support the hardest-hit groups.,On 24 February Russia launched a special operation to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine. The operation was announced following Moscow's decision to recognize the independence of the then-self-proclaimed people's republics in Donbass after Kiev intensified its shellings, causing mass civilian evacuations. The West replied with massive arms assistance to Kiev and broad tokens of support.。 A nearly 4,000-words long essay published in the peer-reviewed journal Qualitative Research in April has recently attracted quite a bit of attention and scrutiny after going viral on Twitter.,The paper is authored by Karl Andersson, a PhD student at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at The University of Manchester, and is titled “I am not alone – we are all alone: Using masturbation as an ethnographic method in research on shota subculture in Japan”, with “shota” being defined by the author himself as a “Japanese genre of self-published erotic comics that features young boy characters.”,“In this research note, I will recount how I set up an experimental method of masturbating to shota comics, and how this participant observation of my own desire not only gave me a more embodied understanding of the topic for my research but also made me think about loneliness and ways to combat it as driving forces of the culture of self-published erotic comics,” Andersson wrote.,According to Vice News, the essay essentially amounts to the description of the author’s “masturbation habits” and thoughts and feelings while reading the comics in question, as well as “defenses of all of the above as legitimate research.”,Lots of generative discussion on this new piece of research at #ASA2022. pic.twitter.com/DZ7bEY9Akq— Tim Gill (@timgill924) August 9, 2022,As the paper got more and more attention online, many sociologists and researchers decried it as “deeply problematic, embarrassing, and even dangerous to the field”, with some even initially suspecting that it was a joke, the media outlet notes.,“While sexuality researchers have written about masturbation, this is the first I have heard of masturbation as a methodology, let alone masturbation to depictions of children,” Andrea Becker, postdoctoral research fellow studying sexual and reproductive health at the University of California, San Francisco, told Vice. “It is a misrepresentation of qualitative work, of sociology, and of sexualities research.”,Justin Gutzwa, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Utah who researches gender, sexuality, and transphobia in education, also wondered aloud “what was the review process for this article like”.,“I’m mystified that any reviewer would pass off on this as an exemplar of innovative ethnographic methods, let alone an acceptable, appropriate, or ethical piece of writing,” he remarked.,Qualitative Research has announced that they launched an investigation into the publication on 9 August.,The media outlet also points out that Andersson’s fascination with “shota” appears to be well-documented, and that this particular genre is actually illegal in the UK – where he “goes to school” – as well as in several other countries.。
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